Process of hydrogenating oils or fats.



which consists-inproducing an electric arc bet'weenfmet'allic electrodes submerged :t Volatile liqliid v miscible 4.Vent thereoffa'nd thereby disintegrating part i v of the metal-end causing it to enter the fat 'solvent infiinely divided "form,` then mixing i the resultant-combined substance, with the ating "and-then he'atin,1 2,"thev mass-until thev v 'fat solvent `has been removed by evpor'ai -fat or eilte beihydrogenated andhydrogention'. y ,v f v 3. The process of hydrogenating oil 'or fat which consi c? between inetilli'c'` electrodes submerged in vdi* `volatile liquidmiscibleawith fat andl a' solg lvent, thereof :fingthreby -disintegrzttingV part ."atingand then rel'riying the fat solvent and ljthenremoving. the disintegrated metal.

` 4. The processiofhjfdrogenating oil or fut 'which consists yin producing an electric 'arc l 'volatile liquid'misciblfwith'fat "and a sol- '.vent thereof 1 and th partof the nickel@ ereby disintegrating vstsffi producing an electric arcf causing it to' enter the fat" l -i-vided form, then mixing fthe resultantffcombined substance, with the jfutfoij oil to be 'hydrogenatedand hydrogenl Qcitusing it to enter they `:fetsolvent in finely .di-vided form, then mix- 0ling the resultant-combined substaneew'ith the fait or oil to be hydrogenated andhydrogenating, andA then removing the fat solvent.

5.V The process of hydrogenating oil or fait which consists in producing an electric are between nickel electrodes submerged `vin a volatile liquid vmiscible with fat and a vsolvent thereof and therebyl disintegratingpart of the nickel and causing it to enter the fat solvent in finely divided form, tlien mixing the -resultantfcombined substance with the fat or oil to be hydrogen'ated and hydrgen ating and then heating the mass until vthe fat solvent has been 'removed' by evaporzition.

6. The processA offhydrogenating oil or fat Vwhich consists in 'producing an electric arc betweennickel electrodes submerged-in a Volatile liquid miscible With fat and assol- Ventthereof and thereby disintegratingI part of the nickel and cusing it'tofenter-the fat solvent in finely divided form, then-mixing the lresultant `combined'substance with the fat or oil to'be hydrogenated and hydrogenvating and then removing the fat solventund 

